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West Virginia Senators Urge Passage of Miners’ Benefit Bill
November 28, 2016
West Virginia’s U.S. senators say they have joined 20 colleagues in a letter to Senate and House leaders calling for the passage this year of legislation to protect health care for 12,500 retired coal miners. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley
Fatality at Barrick Gold’s Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture Mine, Nevada
November 28, 2016
Company officials say a worker is dead after he was found unresponsive at a gold mine near Winnemucca. Barrick Gold Corporation says 39-year-old Jerry Sharr was found in an underground equipment wash bay at the Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture mine
Bowie Resources Seeking to Build Synthetic Gas from Coal Waste Plant, Colorado
November 28, 2016
Bowie Resources LLC is seeking to build a plant to produce synthetic gas from coal waste at its mine near Paonia, a potential opportunity for the company to claw back jobs lost when the mine was idled earlier this year.
$100 Million in ‘Unaccounted for Obligations’ Liabilities Put Alpha Mine Cleanups at Risk
November 23, 2016
Fewer than four months after emerging from bankruptcy, Alpha Natural Resources has revealed $100 million in what it calls “unaccounted for obligations” state regulators worry put the company at further risk of financial failure. This increased fears about there being
Door Left Open to North Fork Coal Mining Region After Colorado Roadless Rule
November 23, 2016
Coal mining and related activities could continue in the North Fork coal-mining region under an alternative selected by the U.S. Forest Service in its environmental study of the area. The Forest Service today is to detail its selection of the
Ten Ways to Fix EPA and Jump-Start the Economy
November 23, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has an unprecedented opportunity to get the economy moving again while protecting the environment in a reasonable and practical manner. While Republicans have been in charge of the White House and Congress before, there are three major
Coal May Surpass Natural Gas as Most Common Electricity Fuel this Winter
November 23, 2016
After declining for several months, the share of U.S. electricity fueled by coal is expected to slowly begin growing when compared to the same period last year. In contrast, the share of generation from natural gas is expected to experience
Reorganized Alpha Natural Resources Looks to Produce 13 Million Tons of Coal
November 23, 2016
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources, which moved part of its offices from Bristol, Va., to Kingsport this year, announced on Friday the company’s plan to produce 13 million tons of coal in 2017. In a release, ANR CEO David Stetson
Teck to Acquire AQM Copper for CAD$25 Million
November 22, 2016
Teck Resources Limited has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AQM Copper Inc. Teck will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of AQM Copper Inc. not already owned by Teck. Teck holds 42,258,545 shares of AQM,
TUGLIQ and Quest Join Together for Sustainable and Responsible Mining Development, Canada
November 22, 2016
Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. and Tugliq have joined forces to develop an integrated renewable energy solution at its Strange Lake complex mining project. Located in northern Québec region on the Québec-Newfoundland and Labrador border, construction of the project is expected
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